Maeil Ilbo = Reporter Hong Seok-kyung | Korea Expressway Corporation led the women’s volleyball championship game to the 5th game. In the 4th game of the Dodram 2022-2023 V-League championship decision (3 wins in 5 matches) held at the Kimcheon Gymnasium on the 4th, the road construction team defeated Heungkuk Life Insurance with a set score of 3-1 (22-25 25-21 25-22 25-23). broke
After losing the 1st and 2nd matches, they returned to their hometown, Gimcheon, and managed to capture the 3rd and 4th matches. This is the first case in which the 2-loser team won 2 wins in the championship match and returned the series to the starting point.
This is an exceptional record from a championship match where ‘momentum’ is important, as there is no case where a team that won the first and second games did not win. The record of ‘2 losses followed by 1 win’ was also a record that came out in 10 years following the 2012-2013 season in the women’s division.
Now, on the 6th, the two teams return to Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon, the home of Heungkuk Life Insurance, and engage in a single-legged confrontation with no place to retreat.
Heungkuk Life Insurance took the first set. In the tense flow, Heungkuk Life Insurance’s concentration was a little higher. The road construction insisted on a blocker touch-out over Park Jung-ah’s offense from the match, 20-20, but there was no reversal. As a result of the video review, Kim Yeon-kyung removed her hand before the ball touched it.
Heungkuk Life Insurance widened the score with Kim Mi-yeon’s river spike attack and Yelena Mrazenovich (registered name Yelena)’s blocking. The Korea Expressway Corporation chased by one point with Park Jung-ah’s quick open and Bae Yoo-na’s blocking, but Yelena accumulated a set point with a quick open.
And Kim Mi-yeon ended the set with a push. In the second set, the road construction continued to maintain a narrow lead and succeeded in counterattacking. Heungkuk Life’s twins, Kim Yeon-kyung and Yelena, did not miss the sluggish gap with a 20% attack success rate.
The Korea Expressway Corporation took the lead 14-14 with Park Jeong-ah’s quick open and Catherine Bell’s (registered name Catbell)’s two consecutive open scores. In 19-17, Jeong Dae-young blocked Kim Yeon-kyung’s attack and scored 20 points.
In the 23-21 chased by Heungkuk Life Insurance, Park Jung-ah’s sharp diagonal attack and Bae Yoo-na’s open goal were crushed. In the 3rd set, the watershed of the day, the road construction company laughed.
Highway Corporation, trailing 5-8, chased following Jeong Dae-young’s blocking and Catbell’s open goal, and then tied the score 8-9 with Park Jung-ah’s spike. On the other hand, Heungkuk Life Insurance showed a lack of concentration, such as no one touching the ball that Kim Yeon-kyung scooped up close to the net in 10-10.
The joy of the two teams that continued the seesaw game was divided in the 23-22 video reading. Heungkuk Life Insurance claimed to touch the opponent’s blocker regarding Yelena’s offense, but it was not accepted as a result of the reading.
Afterwards, Kim Yeon-kyung’s attack left the court and the set ended. The road construction ended the victory with a dramatic come-from-behind victory in the 4th set.
At 18-22, he scored 4 consecutive times with great defensive concentration and sharp decision making to tie the score. After Catbell’s successful back attack, Park Jung-ah’s open attack and Bae Yoo-na’s two consecutive open goals followed.
After Kim Yeon-kyung’s quick open and Park Jung-ah’s open crossed, Catbell ended the game with two consecutive open attacks. Catbell roared as her toss came long, landing a straight punch with her left hand instead of her right, racking up match points.
On this day, Catbell (30 points) and Park Jung-ah (20 points) jointly scored 50 points, and the triangular formation including Bae You-na (16 points) played a big role.
The spear of the road construction was sharp enough that the team attack success rate (40.44%) overwhelmed Heungkuk Life Insurance (32.73%). Heungkuk Life Insurance struggled with Yelena (26 points) and Kim Yeon-kyung (24 points), but might not prevent the team from losing.
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